Outcome BRA_D_1.2

By 2027, Brazil will have advanced in economic inclusion that contributes to the reduction of poverty, hunger, vulnerabilities, inequalities, and discrimination of generation, gender, race and ethnicity, and that guarantees the right to transformative education for the full development of the person and access to decent work, opportunities for income generation, social, economic and care policy protection and resilient infrastructure, ensuring equal opportunities and sustainability.

In 2024, the Brazilian Government demonstrated significant progress in promoting the economic inclusion of women through implementing gender-responsive institutional changes, such as programmes, policies and laws, that contribute to enhancing women’s access to decent work, income generation and social protection. Under Brazil’s presidency, the G20 discussions consolidated Member States’ commitments to promoting women’s economic empowerment, as evidenced by the Rio de Janeiro Leader’s Declaration and the Chair’s Statement on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, The first stated, in its article 32, full commitment to the gender equality agenda, highlighting the acknowledgement of women’s contribution and leadership in all sectors and levels of economy and its importance to global GDP. The second remarked on women’s inequality in access to economic rights and affirmed the Member States’ commitment to reducing the gender gap in the labour market, promoting equal pay, poverty alleviation measures, and advancement of women in entrepreneurship, among others. A pivotal subject remarked by both documents is the commitment to reduce the inequalities in the responsibility for care work. The 2024 Leader’s Declaration continued the efforts of the 2023 G20 New Delhi Leader’s Declaration, which already brought the care work perspective, committing Member States to address the unequal distribution in paid and unpaid care and domestic work, however, it innovates by adding the perspective of the promotion of the social and gender corresponsibility on care and defying the social norms that prevent an equal distribution of care responsibilities. The Chair’s Statement on Gender Equality, in turn, has elected the economic autonomy and care economy and systems as one of its three priority themes for 2024, amplifying global awareness and driving transformative action from Member States to prioritise the development of care policies towards a care society. At the national level, the Brazilian Government took concrete steps to address, reduce, and redistribute women’s unpaid care work. Early in the year, Brazil pledged its commitment to the Global Alliance on Care, announced at an International Seminar hosted by UN Women in the city of Belém, during which the country also positioned itself as a regional leader in the care economy agenda. The culmination of these efforts resulted in the enactment of Law #15.069/2024, which established the National Care Policy. This law promotes a gender-responsive approach by recognizing that care is a shared responsibility among the state, families, civil society, and the private sector. It emphasizes the equal responsibility of men and women and upholds the rights of both paid and unpaid care workers. Additionally, the law introduces a National Care Plan and includes legal provisions for budget allocation to ensure its implementation. Moreover, the Government maintained an active engagement with civil society organizations to promote social engagement and participation during the approval process of the Policy and the implementation of its National Plan (under development) and collaborated to promote various forums to advance the discussion of the agenda. Another priority of the G20 Rio de Janeiro Leader’s Declaration is the commitment to support the inclusion of refugee and migrant people, ensuring their full access to human rights and fundamental freedom (article 34). In this context, the Brazilian Government has shown remarkable progress in promoting refugee, migrant and stateless women's effective participation in decision-making that will inform the development of gender-responsive policies. In 2024, the Ministry of Justice convened the second National Conference on Migration, Refugee and Statelessness, the first such event in a decade. The conference resulted in the approval of 60 proposals by delegates, which are expected to inform the National Policy on Migration Refuge and Statelessness and, thus, affect the access to rights of thousands of women living in the country. The proposals have covered a range of topics including gender equality, having suggested the creation of policies and programmes, such as “Community Mothers”, which aims to structure a care support network to be offered by refugee, migrant and stateless women themselves, and a socioeconomic inclusion national programme that will privilege women and other vulnerable groups. These results are partially attributed to the increased capacities and enhanced knowledge and skills of the Brazilian Government to which UN Women contributed throughout the year. The Country Team provided continuous technical support and policy advice to public institutions through their qualified participation in interministerial working groups, collaboration in the organisation of seminars and events, revision of technical documents, commissioning of goods and services, and provision of normative guidance to support advocacy efforts.